Milton to head national service commission

STANFORD -- Catherine Milton, founder and director of the Haas Center for
Public Service at Stanford University, has been named executive director of
the new federal Commission on National and Community Service in Washington.

Milton will serve under Commission Chairman Paul "Pete" McCloskey of Palo
Alto, a former U.S. Representative. Tim Stanton, Haas Center associate
director, is serving as acting director during Milton's absence.

Congress and the White House established and funded the commission to
stimulate public service by the young. It will distribute $73 million this
year to the 50 states, public and private colleges, and to Indian tribes.

The 21-member commission includes Gov. Pete Wilson's wife, Gayle, as well
as grass-roots leaders, experienced youth leaders, college presidents and two
former governors.

Milton is setting up the commission's work agenda, hiring staff, and
drafting rules and regulations. She said she hopes the distribution of funds
can begin in spring 1992.

"We have to create a new federal entity and get it running efficiently in
a matter of weeks," she said. "We need to capture the spirit of all those
working in the field of service. We will take our direction from the local
groups who best serve their communities."

Milton, a former journalist for the Boston Globe, has 15 years of
Washington experience in private and government service. She has held
positions in the Treasury Department and the Senate. She was assistant
director of the Police Foundation, where she was author or co-author of four
books, including Women in Policing, and _director of the American Bar
Association's Center for Female Offenders.

Milton came to Stanford in 1983 as special assistant to President Donald
Kennedy, to evaluate and promote the university's institutional commitment to
service. In addition to establishing the Haas Center, whose programs annually
connect more than 2,000 students with nonprofit and government agencies
locally, nationally and internationally, Milton developed "Stanford in
Washington," a residential academic program that encourages students to
explore government service by enabling them to work and learn in the nation's
capital.

Milton also directs Campus Compact, a group of 250 college and university
presidents working to promote undergraduate involvement in public service.

Milton described her appointment as "a tremendous opportunity and
challenge."

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